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Blogpoll Week 8

Iowa into the top five: Rank Team PPB Delta 1 Alabama (73) 24.8 -- 2 Florida (16) 24.0 -- 3 Texas (1) 22.9 -- 4 Cincinnati 20.6 3 5 Iowa 19.9 4 6 Boise State 19.5 1 7 Southern Cal 19.5 1 ...
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Blogpoll Final Ballot: Week 7

Rank Team Delta 1 Alabama 2 Florida 3 Texas 1 4 Cincinnati 1 5 Iowa 2 6 Boise State 7 Southern Cal 2 8 Miami (Florida) 9 TCU 1 10 LSU 1 11 Oregon 1 12 Houston 4 13 Virginia Tech...
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Links for 2009-10-20

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Goldy the Gopher Gets Religious With Penn State\'s Jerome Hayes me @ TSB Joe Paterno explains how marriage works when you're with a football coach first, you hit the girl with a rock, then HA HE'S OLD THOUGHTS FROM MICHIGAN; HEADING TO NYC FOR BIG EAST MEDIA DAY...
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Visualizing The Hennechart

Editors note: bumped from the diaries for research, interesting-ness, and cool graphs. Republished to get the images the right size. Original here for those who'd like to see the comments on it. Some days ago, I made a first attempt at visualizing some of Brian's famous Hennecharts...
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Picture Pages: Stretch versus Veer, Fight

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I mentioned this earlier in one of the two instances where I brought up Chris Brown's explanation of the differences between inside and outside zone runs. Here's a play featuring the tell a couple coaches suggested I look for when I was complaining about the difficulty of distinguishing...
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Friday Night Lights 2009: 10-20

If you can help out finding articles on any of the commits, e-mail me, and I'll try to include your contribution. MI WR Ricardo Miller Last week: Pioneer pastes Chelsea, 45-9. I was there, so check out my video and scouting report from  the game in yesterday'...
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Links for 2009-10-19

Michigan football program proves well stocked at running back - AnnArbor.com Graham on Smith: “He’s stronger than he looks. You ain’t seen him with his shirt off.” Michigan Monday more shots at OSU than M in this one. Photographic memory: Rita Rodriguez's first encounter...
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FNL: AA Pioneer @ Chelsea

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Last Friday, I got my third opportunity to check out 2010 Michigan commit Ricardo Miller in person, as the Ann Arbor Pioneer Pioneers (we're from Pioneer!) traveled to Chelsea to take on Michigan State commit Nick Hill and the Chelsea Bulldogs. Ricardo Miller caught 4 passes for...
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Unverified Voracity Makes A Birdman

Throw it down, Jimmy Chitwood. Zach Novak's house-destroying, contest-obliterating slam dunk from Michigan Madness, via UMHoops: Darius Morris had already picked up a 40 of 40 on his second dunk, which you can also see at Dylan's site, but the Novak dunk ended with various...
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Baby Seals

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10/17/2009 – Michigan 63, Delaware State 6 – 5-2, 1-2 Big Ten   This what everyone wanted after last year's decision to schedule Utah didn't go as planned and Michigan slumped to a 3-9 record: a tomato can's tomato can. Someone to take lunch money or candy...
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Blogpoll Draft Ballot: Week 7

Rank Team Delta 1 Alabama 2 Florida 3 Texas 1 4 Cincinnati 1 5 Iowa 2 6 Boise State 7 Southern Cal 2 8 Miami (Florida) 9 TCU 1 10 LSU 1 11 Oregon 1 12 Virginia Tech 9 13 Penn...
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Links for 2009-10-18

It's That Time this animated gif is either going to be a curse or incessantly reposted for a year. Michigan vs Delaware St - a set on Flickr Daily gallery What I've Learned With David Cone coner! Hockey Players Find a Home in Ann Arbor Chronicle on the NTDP Anthony...
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Delaware State Video of All Varieties

The WH highlight reel: A fan-shot version of Vincent Smith's first touchdown as a Wolverine: And a standard-definition torrent from Ten Yard Torrents. Will update when an HD torrent gets posted.
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Links for 2009-10-17

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With 25 seconds left in U-M football rout, Kennedy scores personal victory Kennedy's father: "This is a really great tradition. Good coach, good kids. (Coach Rich Rodriguez) treats our boy well - all the boys. It's a great environment." Brothers Kelvin and Kevin...
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Delaware State Postgame Presser Notes

Rich Rod Liked opportunity to play in front of 106k, and the fans supported the team, despite lack of an exciting opponent. Liked that a bunch of older guys were able to get their first real playing time. Even ST starters didn't play in the second half. Guys are happy because...
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Delaware State Liveblog

There is a new and improved Liveblog Chaos Mitigation Post, which you should definitely check out before you start posting willy-nilly. Think of the moderators. Delaware State Liveblog
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Links for 2009-10-16

When Carcajous Attack Hornets! Delaware State preview! Wolverines Troy Woolfolk, David Moosman positioned for success Woolfolk: "Actually, I have no idea what my natural position is."
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Picture Pages: Running Downhill

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I said I'd come back to this when I have video, and now I do. In last week's Iowa game, the linebackers became extremely aggressive against the run. This usually worked out pretty well. Iowa had a lot of problems running the ball, and what success they had was usually due to...
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Brief Interviews With Attractive Defensive Recruits

Editor's note: Tom's back after a happy hiatus with a roundup on the defensive prospects. Items in blockquotes are direct quotes; items outside are impressions gleaned from Tom's conversations with the below recruits. In light of the depth chart, defensive players are...
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Preview: Delaware State

Why? Because I have to. Not because I believe in jinxes or anything, but because readers do and I serve at their pleasure. For a fuller Hornet breakdown check When Carcajous Attack(!). The Essentials WHAT Michigan vs Delaware State WHERE Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor...
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Unverified Voracity Burns More Boats

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Liveblog help. The liveblog needs more assistance, lest the current moderators die in a hail of comments. If you've participated in the commenting frequently, have a decent bank of MGoPoints, and would like to help out, please email me. Madness! Madness-type object that's...
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Links for 2009-10-15

'Relative' expectations have Michigan feeling blue after 4-2 start oh no, they must be listening to the radio Notebook: Woolfolk to remain at cornerback against the Hornets obvs Leadership not just for Harris and Sims also for dinner Boise State: No BCS Title For You...
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Injury Report Is McGuffie-licious

Press release. University of Michigan Football Injury Report For the Delaware State Game (Saturday, Oct. 17) Out Zac Johnson (shoulder) David Molk (foot) Probable (75 percent chance of playing) Carlos Brown (concussion) Tate Forcier (concussion) In addition, head...
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MGoPodcast 1.8: Delaware State Non-Preview

So we called up extremely famous Delaware State blogger No One and had a great conversation about the Hornets that unfortunately failed to record because it didn't exist. But Tim and I do talk about the Iowa game and Jamiemac of Just Cover stops by to talk about the Big Ten and...
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Upon Further Review: Offense vs Iowa

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Personnel notes: No switching on the OL in this game, with Huyge-Dorrestein the right half of the line for the entire game. I don't think I saw Webb except in rare 2TE situations, and Kelvin Grady had a very limited role. The three-man rotation at the two outside receiver spots...
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